Carthaginians
Ancient North Africans
Carthaginians were the people of Carthage, an ancient city-state in North Africa (modern Tunisia) that dominated Mediterranean trade and clashed with Rome in the Punic Wars.
The term appears most often in historical contexts: Hannibal led the Carthaginians across the Alps.
Carthaginian can also function as an adjective: Carthaginian ships, Carthaginian territory.
Carthaginian military commander
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
- cavalryMounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
tactics · generals · Gauls · stratagems
Historic Phoenician maritime center
- PunicOf ancient Carthage
- SemiticOf Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
Lebanon · colonization · Elissa · ancestry · heritage · language · Levant · murex
Three-banked ancient warships
- galleysOar-powered ancient warships
- harborsSheltered waters for mooring
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
navigation · exploration · colonies · ports · anchorages · sailors · oarsmen · ramming
Those who conduct commerce
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- goldElement seventy-nine
ivory · slaves · amphorae · emporiums · monopoly · Spain · Britain · barter
Legislative body, often bicameral's elder
- oligarchyRule by few
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
Things willingly given up
- templesHoly places or head sides
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- stelesUpright inscribed stone slabs
sanctuaries · votive · fertility · worship · offerings
Hannibal
Carthaginian military commander
- elephantsTusked, trunk-bearing mammals
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
- cavalryMounted military force
infantry · tactics · generals · Gauls · stratagems
Tyre
Historic Phoenician maritime center
alphabet · Lebanon · colonization · Elissa · ancestry · heritage · language · Levant · murex · Phoenicia
triremes
Three-banked ancient warships
- galleysOar-powered ancient warships
- harborsSheltered waters for mooring
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
shipbuilding · navigation · exploration · colonies · ports · anchorages · sailors · oarsmen · ramming · Mediterranean
merchants
Those who conduct commerce
gold · ivory · slaves · amphorae · emporiums · monopoly · Spain · Britain · barter · goods
Senate
Legislative body, often bicameral's elder
- oligarchyRule by few
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
sacrifices
Things willingly given up
- templesHoly places or head sides
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
steles · sanctuaries · votive · fertility · worship · offerings
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Egyptians, Gauls
- seafaring peoplessailors, navigators, Vikings, fishermen, Polynesians
- city-state citizensAthenians, Spartans, Singaporeans, Andorrans, Corinthians
- Mediterranean PeoplesGreeks, Italians, Spaniards, Turks, Egyptians
- Sicilian HistoryPalermo, Messina, Catania, Syracuse, Archimedes
CarthaginiansRomans
Ancient Italy's imperial people
Roman citizens · Latins · Italians · Greeks · Hellenes
CarthaginiansRomans
Ancient Italy's imperial people
Scipio Africanus · Roman Republic · Roman legions · Roman Senate